Registration was completed today for the inaugural South American Championships, hosted in Sao Paulo, Brasil, by the Sao Paulo State Sailing Federation.  25 competitors from 3 countries (Argentina, Brasil & Peru) will start racing tomorrow for the continental title and the privilege of qualifying their country to participate in the forthcoming Youth Olympic Games.  Two qualification places are available from these championships - in both boys and girls under 17 divisions.

For Brasilian competitors the event has special significance - if he, or she, qualifies the country, they will also be selected to represent Brasil in Singapore.

Everyone will be hoping for a change in the weather for the start of racing - a signicant feature of the past 2 days of preparation has been the amount of rain.  Thunderstorms and heavy rainfall have punctuated the days' activities - the forecast looks good!